New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
A PRIEST IN AN IRISH JAIL.
ARRESTED FOR UNFOLDING THE PLAN OF
CAMPAIGN.
ars JAILERs ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIM DON PRISON
GARB-oUrRAGEs UPON ALDERMAN HOOPER,
OF CORK. AND Mr.. sHEEuY, NJ. P.-sTRIPPED
OF THEIR CLOTHING IN JAIL.
rBY CABLE TO THE rRIBuSR.J

Of IIerbertstown-has now been transformed into
one of Mr.. Bafours criminals Father RYAN was
yesr>r!sy tried for supporting the Plan of Cam
paign, which has been adopted by the tenants of
a rack renting landlord, all of whom are members
of Father Ryan's flock.
lie was tried before two Of the hireling cmer-
gcncy magistrates who working Mr. Bafour's
Coercion act. His counsel applied for an adjourn
ment on the ground that he had not had proper
time to prepare his and that he had not been
supplied with copy of the incriminatcd speech;
but the application refused Father Ryan's
solicitor accordingly withdrew from the case and
the reverend gentleman himself refused to countc-
nance the farce by entering on defence
He was sentenced to q months IMPRISONMENT.
O sentence which cheats him out of his right to
appeal to a higher court, and he was carried away
TO the county Jail at Limerick amid scene Of
excitement that will never he forgotten Women
cried and kissed the hem of his cloak and held up
their children to be blessed by him. 1t was with
the utmost difficulty that a collision with the i'm
mcnse force Of police and military was avoided
1t was when he got to the prison that the worst
outrage committed. An attempt was made to
strip him Of his clothes and make him wear the
criminals garb: hut Father Ryan resisted. and
his assailants dreaded. without direct authority
from Mr.. Balfour, to lay sacrilcgious hands upon
him, and do they have done to the two repre-
scntatives Of the people within the last couple OF
days. We shall see whether Mr.. BalfOur will
have the courage of his brutality and tear the
Roman collar and the cassOck from the first clergy
man he has ventured to arrest.
While the warders were standing cowed before
the Christian minister, they were acting without
hesitation in the case OF Mr.. David Sheehy NJ p.
and Mr.. Alderman Hooper VI. F.. Editor Of The
Cork Daily Herald They entered Alderman
Hoopcrs cell in Cork Jail. armed with batons, and
forcibly stripped him Of his clothes, leaving him
only his drawers and undcrshrt, and cast upon the
floor suit Of prison clothes They also took
away his bed clothes When the Mayor of Cork
as a visiting justice, came to see him he found one
Of the most respected Aldermen of the city, a
gentleman whom even the Conservatives join in
respecting and culogizing, sitting almost naked
and shivcring with the cold.
The Governor and a body of wardcrs entered
Mr.. Shechy's cell yesterday, attacked him, fcled
him to the ground, tied his hands. and literally
ripped and tore his clothes from his back. lie
was found by the Mayor of Clonmel in the same
plight as Mr. Hooper, when he was visited to-day.
Mr.. Shechy was sentenced the other day TO three
months imprisonment for denouncing eviction in
q perfectly lawful speech. ANY sentence for
longer term than a month entities the defendant
10 appeal. Mr. Sheehy gave notice of appeal, but
and charged with similar speech made at Clon-
mel For this speech he has been sentenced to
one months imprisonment BY this unutterably
paltry and vindictive trick he has been defrauded
Of the interval Of liberty TO which he was entitled
pending the appeal
Mr. Vaudeville although his sentence is to ex-
pire on Christmas day is still being savagely
tortured At the present moment he is enduring
forty-eight hours sentence in the black hole or
punishment CELL of Tullamore jail, which de-
scrbed in previous dispatches, and this though nc
is suffering from acute rheumatism.
Mr.. Edward Harrington, NJ. p, in Tralec Jail,
who like Mr.. Hooper, is in prison for publishing
reports Of meetings in his newspaper, has Just
completed similar sentence Of punishment diet
and solitary confinement; and may add that MI
Harrington the other day. when brought to lralee
Court House to give evidence on his brothefs DC
half was subjected to the lndlgnlty OF peIhg
marched through the town in the maleiac'or
dress q sight that was witnessed with horror ana
shame which they could not find words adequate
70 exprcss by several English members OF Iariia-
ment who were present.
Torn from their families and their friends, from
the arms Of their people, some OF the Ocso men VI
the Irish nation-thc Lord Mayor Of Dublin, the
priest OF IIcrbcrtstown, members OF Parliament,
editors ncwsvenders tenants who have dcichued
choir homes and citizens who have defended the
tonants-are spending this Chrstmastidc as crimi-
nails in the common ails. Why DO mention
these things? They but a few OF the Ofu'dll-
tes which Mr. Balfour is every day oi tle "ech
nerpctrating in Ireland They are enough 10 III
fame the coolest blood, and should be sorry IN
deed to help to inaame where cooiheSS anu pa
tience most sorely are needed
mention them because am able 10 rccoro' ''',
nv side with them, state OF thi1gs III Ing
which is fast developing toward inc Poi"O NJ ",
&, will mt an end to this miserable regime lh'se
..oai,;os ,,cliIv get reported in the English
n,rers now. and the effect upon the Engilsh Nn'io
= uo,veIlous The best and the briefest way 10
i,,o Won an idea OF the feeling that mas peei'
orsod ie IN cite you some OF the language "ho"
avon tho orcans of the Liberal Unionlsts are ne
ginning to use nood ~
The Echo, which is the most pronouhceu u
those organs in London, is fast being cohNeru" "
Home Rule. Every night for the last wecN Va
more it. has had an article dcnouncing ooerc'o"
and will end this dispatch by quoting ie" pas
CAGES from its leader OF this evening. Here they
III
:. co,oe Jibcral Unionists out Of touch with
a., anl, and file: others silently chafc at the re-
cont nroceedngs Of the Government; bnt among
Liberal IJnionstS who have no scats 10 ios'' rio
&c a growing feeling of shame ana disgust "O 'ho
miserable acts of petty persecution when are ho"
rcpcatcd almost daily. The tifnc mas oono "
speak plainly and sterny. Men like Sir thomas ni
Grove. Mr. Warner the Rev G. O. Evans OF br's-
toll and other active Liberal UnioniS's' who wi'nln
tho Last few DAYS have Indignantly rcpudiatcd any
svmpathy with Mr. Balfour's proceedings are ou'
rcprcscntative of multitude OF OBSCURE mt"
whose moral fibre has not deterloraUa anu "no'
therefore disown Mr. Balfour ana all his WI
Even in the Tory ranks there are not d II" WV
fool the misgivings which Mr.. Evelyn SO receh'y
expressed. ,os.,
aAll the outrages have been done in the pros'i-
xuted name OF law, till we grow sick OF the very
haf Like deeds done on